Woodworker's Journal summer-2009, страница 9
The trees were milled on a local thin-kerf band saw to minimize waste and air dried in my shop for three years. My shop is heated exclusively by a wood stove. How s that for green? Pete Lynah Broadway, New Jersey Hint to the editors: These letters do not add anything to what you are calling a "debate." Printing them is just lazy journalism. Robert A. Speir Falls Church, Virginia Please continue the discussion of this important subject. I have tried, unsuccessfully, to find Forest Stewardship Council hardwoods in my area and would really like to see an ongoing discussion of tools, techniques and use of wood which are environmentally friendly. If you were to realty engage this issue with information and practical suggestions, many more of us would make a real effort to "work green." Adam D. Fisher Stony Brook, New York I'm concerned about the future of my descendants. I'm afraid that when the true nature of the global warming scare is made known to them, they will be aghast at our ignorance and folly and dismayed by the social and economic destruction that our "erring on the side of caution" will surely cause. George McClellan San Gabriel, California Those folks "chirping and singing" about "Chicken littles" are much like the grasshopper in the proverb about the ant and the grasshopper, are they not? Stewardship is not about us—it is about our kids and their kids. Rich Donahue Huachuca City, Arizona A depression would see "Greenies" cutting trees for food money, hunting wild game for food and doing anything else necessary to exist. Jim Andersen Big Timber, Montana Another controversial topic that evoked many responses from our readership was WJ editor Rob Johnstone's trip to Asian tool manufacturing facilities. I have been in retail for nearly 27 years, and I would have to say that most people will talk the talk but very few will walk the walk. While I continually hear the question, "Why is nothing made in the U.S.A. anymore?" I also watch those same people pass by an item made in the U.S.A. to save $1.00. I think some of the stereotypes of Chinese-made products came from when tools were first being imported 20 to 25 years ago. The quality was far below what anyone found acceptable, but, boy, were they cheap, and people grabbed them up. Tim Tollefson Janesville, Wisconsin As a Ford worker and union man, I don't support anything from summer 2009 9 |
